The Channel 4 game show and British TV icon began life in 1982 By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent An icon of U.K. TV culture, Channel 4’s long-running mathematics and anagrams-based quiz show Countdown ...

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This programme is the original version of the popular Channel 4 words and numbers show, Countdown Countdown.Yorkshire Television purchased the format and commissioned a series of eight shows under the ...

Marcel Stellman, the creator of long-running gameshow Countdown, has died aged 96. Belgian-born Stellman was also a record producer and lyricist who wrote songs for stars including Cilla Black, Petula ...

A forensic accountant from Scotland has become the first woman to be crowned Countdown champion in 26 years. The long-running numbers and words game show has had five other female champions since its ...